Mop-wringer.



No. 663,!02. Patented Dec. 4, |90l).

D. M. HOGEHSDN.

MDP WRINGER.

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DAVID M. ROGERSON, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK.

NlOP-WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,102, dated December 4, 1900.

Application filed February 12 1900. Serial No. 4,903. .No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom, it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, DAVID M. RoeERsoN, a

lcitizen of the United States, residing at J amesy specication.

My invention relates to improvements in mop-wringers in which the mop is passed between rollers attached to a mop-pail and the objects of my-improvements are, irst, to provide an adjustment as to the space between the rollers that they may be set and held at any desired point; second, to make the slots in which the spring-roller is mounted on the angle of incline of the spring-pressure and avoid binding the roller; third, to provide a foothold for each foot at the bottom of the pail in correct position for holding the pail while drawing the mop, and fourth, the combination and arrangement ofV the parts. I attain these objects by mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a plan view of my mop-pail and mop-wringen Fig. 2 is a sectional view of pail at line X X in Fig. 1, showing a side elevation of my wringer attached to the pail. Fig. 3 is a detail view of end bracket as attached to the pail at lineYYin Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail View of ratchet. Fig. 5 is a detail of end of locking bar and pin from under side. Fig. 6 is a sectional View at line Z Z in Fig. 1 with the adjustable frame raised. Fig. 7 isa detail plan view of locking-bar.

Fig. 8 is a sectional View at line Z Z in Fig.

1 with the ends of the rollers removed to show the locking-bar in position holding the brackets.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts in the several views.

10'is the mop-pail.

11 11 are foothclds, which are shown in about the correct position to hold the pail in drawing the mop through the wringer, and the form and method of attaching these angle-irons to the pail is shown in Fig. 2, although it would not be in correct position on line X X.

12 13 are rollers for compressing or wringing the mop-cloth. Roller l2 is hung on screws 18 19 in inclined slots 16 17 in brackets 14 15.

The slots are made at the angle of pressure'A of springs 20 21, so that the roller will not bind in drawing the mop. The springs 20 21 are attached to screws 18 19 at one end and to the brackets 14 15 at the other, as shown, spring 2O passing under bracket 14 to economize space.

24 is an adjustable frame which is hung on the raised wrists 25 25 on brackets 15 26 and supporting-roller 13 on screws 22 23, screw 23 being countersunk to work inside of end bracket 15, as shown in dotted outline in Fig. 1. Frame24 has ratchet-lever 28 and coil-spring 29 inserted in an opening therein,

Vand frame 24 extends down in lugs on each side of said opening to secure lever 28 by pin through the lugs and lever, so that the pressure of coil-spring 29 (see Fig. 4) on lever 28 above the pin may hold the lower end of lever 28 in the ratchet-teeth 31. Lever 28 has a projection on its lower end which works in ratchet-teeth 31 on curved ratchet-bar 30 on bracket 26. A light pressure on the upper end of lever 28 compresses spring 29 and releases the lower end of the ratchet-lever, allowing itto be raised or lowered and set in any one of teeth 31, which means of adjusting frame 24 allows roller 13 to be adjusted and held at any desired distance from spring-roll 12. (See Fig. 6.) It can thus receive any form of mop-head, no matter how thick or clumsy, and be adjusted to any mop in wringing It allows of any degree of dampness in wringing, since the spring-ratchet sets the rollers at any desired distance apart, and when thus set the mop can be wrung any number of times at exactly the same pressure. It is often desired to wipe off the iloor with a semidamp mop and then go over it with'a dry mop. This is accomplished by raising frame 24, as shown in Fig. 6 and in dotted outline in Fig. 2, to the desired point, which draws roller 13 away from roller 12, where it is held by ratchet 28 30, and when a stronger pressure is desired on the mopcloth to wring it dry frame 24 is simply pushed down by the hand o r foot.

Brackets 14, 15, and 26 extend above the top of pail 1() in order to bring the wringer-rolls as high as possible and get the most room in the pail. This is accomplished with end bracket 15 by lugs 15 15', which extend down into the pail and are fastened thereto,and with IOO brackets 14 26 by fastening the lower ends,

as shown, and by ends 27 27 locking over and against the pail-prim, thus giving strength and rigidity to the brackets and pail.

.In drawing large mops through the rollers there is sometimes a heavy strain on theends of the rollers in brackets 14 26; I therefore attach a locking-bar 32 to adjustable frame 24 on wrist 33, which bar is shaped to turn down under frame 24, as at 39 in Fig. 7, and extends across under the point ot bracket 14 to pin 40. End 38 of bar 32 has an elongated opening 41, (see Figs. 5 and 7,) which is thus madeto accommodate for any displacement. Pin is given a slight angle on side 42 in order that locking-bar 32 shall have a continuous draw on the pin and always hold tight. To arm 34 of bar 32 is attached spring 35, and the otherend of spring 35 is attached to projection 36 on frame 24, which spring operates bar 32. When handle 32' of bar 32 is raised and sprung forward, end 38 drops down out of the way and is held there by spring 35. The spring having passed down over the center, as shown in Fig. 6, draws down on the locking-bar instead of up, as in Fig. 8. The mop can then be inserted and bar 32 sprung back to place, holding the brackets as one piece. either position, because of its passing down over the center, and then drawing in the 0pposite direction.

It will `be noticed that I mount only roller isv entirely 1. In a mop-wringer, a roller having suitable springs to give pressure thereto and suitable supports therefor, an adj ustable frame Spring 35 thus holds bar 32 in having suitable supports therefor-,a roller mounted in said frame, a ratchet to adjust and hold said frameand roller, substantially as shown and described.

.ond roller to give a spring-pressure thereto,

said'roller-pins supported in slots made at the angle of the springpressure, as shown and for the purpose speciied.

3. A mop -wringer having brackets provided With raised wrists, an adjustable frame `hung on said wrists, a roller supported on said frame, a spring-ratchet for adjustingA said frame, a spring-pressed roller supported on brackets and parallel to said frame-roller,

slots made in said brackets at the angle of the spring-pressure, a spring locking-bar on said adjustable frame and a projection on the opposite bracket to receive said bar,as shown y and described.

4. 'In combination with a mop-pail having two footholds, a mop-wringer having a springpressed roller supported on brackets, an adjustable frame supported on brackets and yhaving a roller mounted in said frame, a

spring-ratchet foradjusting said roller to said j spring-pressed roller, substantially as shown and described. 12 in the inclined slots 16 17 and attach In testimony whereof I have signed my l name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

DAVID M. ROGERSON. In presence of- N. E. THOMAS, F. E. ARMITAGE. 

